FORT MYERS, Fla. - Florida Gulf Coast University volleyball wraps up its five-match ASUN homestand this weekend, hosting Bellarmine Friday, Oct. 9 at 6 p.m. and Lipscomb Sunday, Oct. 11 at 1 p.m. at Alico Arena.
 
Florida Gulf Coast (6-7, 3-0 ASUN) has won three straight and is 9-2 in sets in conference play. The Eagles swept Queens 3-0 (26-24, 25-16, 25-19) last Friday while hitting .367, then outlasted West Florida 3-2 (18-25, 25-23, 25-18, 17-25, 15-11) Sunday in their first five-set match of the season. Through three ASUN matches, the Eagles are hitting .270, holding opponents to .136 and averaging 2.36 aces per set.
 
Senior captain Julija Grubisic Cabo was named ASUN Player of the Week on Monday after totaling 25 kills, five aces, 15 digs and four blocks in eight sets, including a match-high 14 kills against West Florida. She leads FGCU with 169.5 points (3.39 per set) and 22 aces, ranks second on the team with 140 kills and 113 digs, and is one kill shy of 500 in her FGCU career. Freshman opposite Maju Hildebrand earned ASUN Freshman of the Week for the second time this season after posting 21 kills on .333 hitting, including three in the closing stretch of the fifth set Sunday. She leads the Eagles with 146 kills (2.92 per set) and 164 points. Sophomore Katie Gielas had a match-high 14 kills on .400 hitting against Queens and has 31 kills on .302 hitting in ASUN play. Junior Camila Soto posted 12 kills and five blocks against West Florida and is hitting .333 in conference matches.
 
Senior middle blocker Abby Toeniskoetter leads FGCU with 44 total blocks and added 11 over the weekend, including a match-high six against Queens. Freshman middle blocker Amany Kuwa is right behind with 42 total blocks after posting a match-high eight against West Florida. Senior setter Dinara Sabitova leads the team with 323 assists (6.46 per set) and recorded a double-double of 17 assists and 13 digs Sunday. Vytiskova added 26 assists, 12 digs and a team-high three aces against the Argonauts, moving past Hanna Borer into 10th on FGCU's career assists list with 731. Senior defensive specialist Anna Marzella leads the back row with 143 digs (2.86 per set), including a match-high 16 against West Florida.
 
Bellarmine (Friday, Oct. 9, 6 p.m.)
Dig Pink Night (Wear Pink)
Friday's Dig Pink Night honors the fighters, celebrates the survivors, remembers those we've lost and stands beside every family whose life has been touched by breast cancer. Fans are encouraged to wear pink and can support the cause by donating to the Side-Out Foundation. Bellarmine is 8-6 (2-1 ASUN) under fifth-year head coach Rick Nold. The Knights opened conference play with a 3-0 (25-20, 25-19, 25-23) home sweep of Lipscomb on Sept. 26, then split last weekend, falling 3-1 to Jacksonville on Oct. 2 before beating North Florida 3-1 (24-26, 25-23, 25-21, 25-17) on Oct. 3. Friday is Bellarmine's first ASUN road match. Freshman outside hitter Mady Yaden leads the Knights with 174 kills (3.16 per set) and has reached double figures in kills in 11 of 14 matches, including a season-high 23 against Western Carolina. Senior outside hitter Natalie Bland leads the team with 187 points and has 157 kills and 157 digs (2.80 per set each) with seven double-doubles. Redshirt sophomore outside hitter Mya White has 84 kills in 32 sets (2.63 per set) and had a team-high 14 kills against North Florida. Sophomore middle blocker Mary Herman leads the team with 54 total blocks (0.96 per set), including 19 solo, and had 11 kills, seven aces and 20 points against the Ospreys. Freshman setter Maddie Carnes has 529 assists (9.45 per set), 128 digs and 19 aces. Junior libero Payton Parsons leads the back row with 212 digs (3.79 per set), and freshman defensive specialist Abbie Lyttle leads the team with 33 aces (0.59 per set). As a team, Bellarmine is hitting .206, with opponents hitting .193, and it averages 2.09 aces per set.
 
Florida Gulf Coast leads the all-time series 6-0 and has won 18 of 19 sets against the Knights, with five of the six meetings ending in sweeps. Friday is the fifth meeting in Fort Myers, where FGCU is 4-0. The Eagles won the most recent meeting 3-1 (18-25, 25-17, 25-18, 25-21) at Alico Arena on Nov. 9, 2025, taking the final three sets after dropping the opener, the only set Bellarmine has won in the series. Grubisic Cabo led the way with 17 kills and eight digs, Toeniskoetter added 10 kills, Gielas had seven and Vytiskova totaled 16 assists and 10 digs. The teams meet again Oct. 24 in Louisville.
 
Lipscomb (Sunday, Oct. 11, 1 p.m.)
Fan Appreciation Day
Lipscomb is 9-4 (2-1 ASUN) under first-year head coach Sarah Baldwin, who was elevated to the head job in January after three seasons as a Bisons assistant. Lipscomb plays at Stetson on Friday before arriving in Fort Myers. Last weekend, the Bisons rallied from a 2-1 deficit to beat North Florida 3-2 (25-20, 17-25, 20-25, 25-23, 15-10) on Oct. 2, then beat Jacksonville 3-1 (25-18, 25-21, 22-25, 28-26) on Oct. 3. Senior outside hitter Ella Durham leads Lipscomb with 181 kills (3.69 per set) and 196.5 points (4.01 per set), both second in the ASUN, and she had 17 kills against Jacksonville after a season-high 20 against Washington State. Sophomore middle blocker Sydney Strenger leads the ASUN with a .374 hitting percentage, has 131 kills and a team-high 36 total blocks, and posted 16 kills and 19 points against the Dolphins. Junior setter Kelsey Schenck has been named ASUN Setter of the Week three times this season, most recently on Monday, and leads the league with 10.27 assists per set (503 total). She also has 127 digs, a team-high 16 aces and nine double-doubles. Freshman Madyson McCarthy started both matches last weekend and totaled 25 kills and 26 digs, including a career-high 16 kills and 13 digs against North Florida. Senior middle blocker Brooklyn Fuchs has 82 kills and 30 total blocks, including a team-high seven solo, and graduate outside hitter Lexi Guinn has 80 kills. Freshman defensive specialist Grace Jones leads the back row with 132 digs (3.22 per set), including 23 against Jacksonville, and sophomore Kenzie Kucks has 131. As a team, Lipscomb is hitting .223, with opponents hitting .215, and it averages 13.08 kills per set.
 
Florida Gulf Coast leads the all-time series 19-17, including postseason play, and has won seven straight and 14 of the last 15 meetings. Lipscomb's only win in that stretch came in five sets in the 2021 ASUN Championship match, played that spring in Kennesaw, Ga. The Eagles are 10-7 against the Bisons in Fort Myers and have won the last eight meetings at home, with Lipscomb's last win at Alico Arena coming on Nov. 4, 2016. FGCU won the lone 2025 meeting 3-2 (25-22, 22-25, 25-18, 20-25, 15-13) at Alico Arena on Oct. 17. The Eagles led 10-6 in the fifth set before Lipscomb tied it at 13, and Grubisic Cabo ended the match with a kill two points later. She finished with a double-double of 15 kills and 16 digs, Vytiskova added 19 assists and 14 digs, and FGCU out-hit the Bisons .235 to .187. Sunday is the first of two meetings this season, with the rematch set for Oct. 23 in Nashville.
 
Florida Gulf Coast begins a four-match road stretch next weekend at Jacksonville Friday, Oct. 16 at 6 p.m. and North Florida Saturday, Oct. 17 at 6 p.m.
 
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